1) "Upon hearing some slight ________________" a) crack b) rustle c) groan d) cry 2) "I caught glimpse of _________" a) a preacher b) a hearse driver c) Mr Jerome d) another mourner 3) "who stood ______________________" a) Four rows behind b) several rows behind c) at the very back of the church d) outside the church 4) "quite _____________" a) alone b) still c) unmoving d) erect 5) quiet alone, very ___________________ a) alone b) still c) unmoving d) erect 6) "not holding a _______________________" a) cup of tea b) flowers c) a prayer book d) Bible 7) "She was dressed in the ___________________ black" a) superlative b) connective c) noun phrase d) adverbial 8) "In the style of full mourning that had gone out of ______________________" a) style b) popularity c) fashion d) trend 9) she was suffering from some terrible _______________ disease a) jaundice b) wasted c) wasting d) rotting 10) "for not only was she _____________________ pale" a) terribly b) ghostly c) terrifyingly d) extremely 11) the skin was _________________ stretched a) tightly b) taughtly c) tautly d) pretty 12) What kind of word is tautly? a) noun b) adjective c) adverb d) verb 13) Her skin was tautly stretched and "_________________ across her bone" a) strained b) pulled c) scraped d) balanced 14) "her skin had a blue-white sheen and her eyes were seemed ________________ back into her head." a) drooping b) sunken c) drowsy d) hollowed 15) a "victim of _____________" a) hunger b) starvation c) poverty d) wealth 16) so "_________________________" wasted a) beautifully b) elegantly c) dreadfully d) pathetically 17) what does surreptitious mean? a) to be visible b) to be killed c) to keep a secret d) to be furtive 18) what does enigmatic mean? a) to be a mystery b) to be malicious

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